Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - wad
Wad
wad
n. & v. --n. 1 a lump or bundle of soft material used esp. to keep things apart or in place or to stuff up an opening. 2 a disc of felt etc. keeping powder or shot in place in a gun. 3 a number of banknotes or documents placed together. 4 Brit. sl. a bun, sandwich, etc. 5 (in sing. or pl.) a large quantity esp. of money. --v.tr. (wadded, wadding) 1 stop up (an aperture or a gun-barrel) with a wad. 2 keep (powder etc.) in place with a wad. 3 line or stuff (a garment or coverlet) with wadding. 4 protect (a person, walls, etc.) with wadding. 5 press (cotton etc.) into a wad or wadding. Etymology: perh. rel. to Du. watten, F ouate padding, cotton wool
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~de, from Medieval Latin ~da Date: 15th century a small mass, bundle, or tuft: as, a soft mass especially of a loose fibrous material variously used (as to stop an aperture, pad a garment, or hold grease around an axle), b. a soft plug used to retain a powder charge or to avoid windage especially in a muzzle-loading gun, a felt or paper disk used to separate the components of a shotgun cartridge, a small mass of a chewing substance , a considerable amount (as of money), 3. a roll of paper money, money, II. transitive verb (~ded; ~ding) Date: 1579 1. to insert a ~ into , to hold in by a ~ , to form into a ~ or ~ding, to stuff or line with some soft substance, ~der noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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